Boys' name · since 1985
Tequan
Tequan has 407 recorded births since 1985 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1994 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,929 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 407
- born since 1985
- 1990s
- peak decade
Tequan is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 407 have been recorded since 1985.
Tequan has 407 recorded births among boys since 1985, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1985 to 2023.
- #8,929 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 407 born since 1985
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tequan ranks #8,929 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 407 born since 1985, peaking in the 1990s.
- #8,929 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 407
- born since 1985
- 1990s
- peak decade
Tequan's 407 recorded births place it above 80.35% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Tequan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tequan's full recorded timeline at 2001, 43% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 57% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1985, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1994 peak of 28 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tequan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–2023
- Peak year (1994)
- 28
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Tequan by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (187 births, 46% of the file).
1990s was Tequan's strongest decade.
187 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Tequan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 32
1980s
32 births
- 1990s
1990s
187 births
- 2000s
2000s
118 births
- 2010s 59
2010s
59 births
- 2020s 11
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 187 births (46% of all-time use).
Tequan by state
Where Tequan concentrates geographically, total births since 1985
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What to do with Tequan's data
- Tequan's decade-level peak was the 1990s (187 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Tequans (25 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Tequan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~38 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1985–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Tequan draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.